Mum-of-eight Marie Buchan says she could be forced to quit part-time job by cost of her kids’ school dinners
The former lap dancer she would be better off staying at home on benefits rather than working 16 hours-a-week as a carer
A SINGLE mum-of-eight has said she could be forced to quit her part-time job and go back on the dole due to the huge cost of her children's school dinner money.
Marie said the £80 weekly cost of school dinners for her enormous brood meant she was worse off by working.
The Government is planning to lower the benefit cap from £26,000 and £20,000 from Monday with opponents of the decision claiming it will hit Britain's most vulnerable families.
Speaking to Radio 5 Live, Marie from Weoley Castle in Birmingham said: "I have been told I will be better off if I don't work until my youngest daughter turns five.
"I work 16 hours a week as a carer, getting paid the minimum wage of £7.50 an hour.
"But I have to pay for school meals which costs me £80 per week.
"I would be better off not working.
“Losing £6,000 is going to have a huge affect on myself and my children."
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Marie also admitted she would not have had so many children had she known how hard she would have to struggle.
She said: “It is every parent’s right to have as many children as they want but I wouldn’t have had so many if I had known how difficult it would be.”
Her children are aged 13 to two and have the same father, who looks after them while she works weekends.
The benefits cap cut was announced last year by former chancellor George Osborne.
Marie first hit the headlines earlier this year when she appeared in on Myleene Klass’ show Single Mums On Benefits.
She told Myleene: "You obviously have a baby, you send off the application form, birth certificate, they assess it and then you’ve got your money in your account. It is very easy."
In August she announced she was coming off benefits in order to start up her own mechanics business, however the soaring costs of her children's school dinners could mean she is forced to go back on the dole.
She has also been spotted shopping for a brand new £70k Range Rover in a luxury car showroom and planned on getting a £4,500 boob job,
Since going on TV she has been inundated with modelling offers, with one Brit offering £5,000 for a naked photo, and a porn company offering a £500 starring role.
Her agent Barry Tomes said she would be “selective” with the work offers she chooses and was unlikely to do anything raunchy so as not to embarrass her children.
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